Sony VRD-P1: Video Lengths and Recording Time

Video Lengths and Recording Time

Disc space (recordable time) available for recording videos

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Available recording time of video on a disc depends on the Handycam

REC mode setting.

High Definition (HD) Standard Definition (SD)

REC mode Recordable time* REC mode Recordable time*

HD FH approx. 30 minutes STD HQ/HQ approx. 1 hour

HD HQ approx. 55 minutes SP approx. 1 hour 30

minutes

HD SP approx. 1 hour 10

LP approx. 3 hours

minutes

HD LP approx. 1 hour 35

* Single disc

minutes

Hints

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When down-converting to SD (Standard Definition) with an appropriate Handycam

model, you can

record up to approx. 2 hours 40 minutes on a disc. (Picture quality may depend on the recording time.)

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Available REC modes vary between Handycam

models.

Time required for recording

When recording video, the length of time required for recording depends on the model of

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Handycam

, the REC mode setting used to shoot the video and the number of scenes the

video contains. Typically, more time is required to record videos onto a disc if the video has

been recorded at a higher image quality (bit rate) setting. Down-converting to SD (Standard

Definition) video takes more than the actual video time.

Recording HD (High Definition) video or SD

approx. 20 minutes ~ 1 hour

(Standard Definition) video as is

Down-converting to SD (Standard Definition) video approx. 1 hour 5 minutes ~ 3 hours

Notes

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You cannot record HD (High Definition) video taken in REC mode at a bit rate exceeding 18Mbps, such

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as in [HD FX] mode (for example, High Definition Handycam

) in AVCHD format.

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If the time of a scene exceeds the disc’s capacity, recording will not be possible. In this case, divide the

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scene using the edit function of the Handycam

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12 GB